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Verb: envenom  en've-num
Usage: archaic
  1. Add poison to
    "Her husband envenomed her drink in order to kill her";
    - poison
     
  2. Cause to be bitter or resentful
    "These injustices envenomed her even more";
    - embitter, acerbate

Derived forms: envenoms, envenoming, envenomed

Type of: alter, cast down, change, deject, demoralise [Brit], demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down, modify

Encyclopedia: Envenom